The 30-year-old Morrison slugging a career high 38 home runs with the Tampa Bay Rays last season -- his previous career high was 23 homers back in 2011 -- and authored a .246/.353/.516 (135 OPS+) batting line. It was the best season of his career in pretty much every way possible.

Morrison and Joe Mauer figure to share first base and DH duties this season, which indicates the Twins are not planning to give Miguel Sano at ton of time at DH. There was some thought he'd see more DH time this year after dealing with a leg issue last year. Here is the club's projected batting order with LoMo:

That is a quality lineup. It's not a coincidence the Twins led the American League in runs scored in the second half last year. That lineup is a little left-handed heavy -- Mauer, Morrison, Rosario, Kepler, and Castro are all lefties -- though switch-hitters Eduardo Escobar, Kennys Vargas, and Robbie Grossman give manager Paul Molitor some solid platoon options.

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Mike Axisa joined CBS Sports in 2013. He has been a member of the BBWAA since 2015 and has previously written about both fantasy baseball and real life baseball for MLBTradeRumors.com, FanGraphs.com, RotoAuthority.com,...
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